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To: maceng2 who wrote (34789)	6/16/2003 8:54:39 AM
From: rrufff	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110603

Yup, I'll admit that XP is better than previous but Gates still makes sure I spend more and more time on computers, know less and less each day, make less money each year and have less spare time. I love the guy. My latest problem - the latest set of updates (have automatic setting) keep saying that they downloaded but won't install. They say "press install" and try again. Same result. I don't know if I really need these updates but anyone know what I should do besides throwing the laptop out the window? It's working fine actually but I hate getting these messages. BTW tried restore but got the same result after trying the update again. Thanks again.

To: maceng2 who wrote (34789)	6/18/2003 12:49:33 PM
From: Esteban	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110603

pb, I also notice that pesky patch #811493 has also made it back into my system during the recent 22 upgrades I performed. If I try and remove it, I now get dire warnings that all the other upgrades may not work. Microsoft released another upgrade to fix the 811493 problems. It should fix the problems without having to uninstall 811493. One of your 22 updates is probably the one that fixes it. Message 18985356 The whole question of whether or not to install updates is a controversial one. There are a few updates that are easy to identify as not applicable to one's own system, but for me, usually reading the update description doesn't answer my question of whether I need this one or not. So as a general rule, I install most of them. So far without incident. Even 811493 had no visible effect on my system. Esteban